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May 19, 1925.

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Patented May 19, 1925.

GUsTAV STREIILOW, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GAME.

Application filed November 19, 15323. Serial `No. 675,689.

To all whom #may concern.'

Be It known that I, GUS'rAv STREIILOW, a

f citizen yofthe United States. residing" at Chicago, in thecounty ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Games; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'use thesame. y

My invention relates to improvements in games and aims to provide asimple and inexpensive. yet an exceptionally amusing device which isusable yin playing an imagi nary'game of ten pins or other bowlinggames.

In carrying out `the above end, a chance device is provided to determinethe supposed number of pins knockeddown by the imaginary first ball`rolled,a.nd a further object is toprovide a secondchance device tor de etermining the success of the mythical second ball, that'is, to decideWhether a spare `is obtained thereby, provided of course, a

strike was not made With the first ball.

vPreferably incorpora-ted with the first named chance device, isprovision for indicating imaginary Widely spaced pins re# mailling` onthe supposed alley after imaginary rolling of the first ball, such as asix or seven pin railroad, and a further object is to provide a thirdchance device usuable if the tirst named chance device indicates such arailroad, to determiner Whether the imagina-ry second ball picks orfails to pick a number of the mythical remaining pins.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinaftery described and claimed, the description beingysupplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a game constructed in accordance with myinvention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view o the irregular line 2-2 of Fig'.1.

In the drawingabove briefly described, which illustrates the preferredform of the invention, the character B designates a board having threedials 1, 2 and 3 respectively, and pointers or spinners 4f, 5 and 6co-operable With said dials.

The dial 1 includes a plurality of legends or designations,corresponding to the number of pins which may be knocked down by a ball,in an actual ten pin or bowling;r game.

The legends preferably used are fully shown on the drawing and need notbe herein repeated. However, I draw attention to the tact that specialor distinct designations 7 are provided to indicate Widely spacedimaginary pins left standing; on the alley, after rolling of the firstmythical ball. Cer tain arrangements of widely spaced pins leftstanding, are known as railroads, A six pin railroad, for instance,means that six pins have been knocked down, leaving` four pins'standing,two vat opposite sides ot' the alley, for instance,`pins number et, G, Tand 10, ot' an actual bowling game. ,A seven pin railroad applies to asimilar circumstance, where seven pins have been knocked down, leaving'three ot the above.

identiiedpins standing, or leaving` a simi,- lar arrangement.

When the spinner l of the dial 1 is spun, it corresponds to rolling theiirst roll ofan actual bowling game and it' this pointer stops on theWord strike, it indicates that alll of the imaginary ten pins have beenknocked down by the first ball. 'If the spinner stops on one of theother. designations, other than the distinct designations 7, it isobvious that the player has a chance of making a spare with' theimaginary second ball. The spinner 5 is then operated and its co-actingdial 2, contains legends to indicate Whether the player knocks down theremaining pins With the second imaginary ball, or fails to do so.

If the spinner 4stop`s at one of the distinct designations 7, thespinner 6 of the dial 3 is operated. This dial contains legends ordesignations to show the supposed success of the third imaginary ballrolled.

In further explanation of the above, it may be stated that after theirst spinning ot the spinner 4e, if this spinner does not indicate astrike or a railroad, the spinner sists of ten iframes or boxes and ineach frame or boxf each player has one turn, and in no instance, is anyplayer permitted to roll more than tivo imaginary balls. The scores maybe kept in any suitable manner, for instance, in the usual ivay ofkeeping the scores of an actual ten pin game.

It Will be seen from the foregoing that a simple and inexpensive gamehas been provided, yet that it will be very amusing. As excellentresults may be obtained from the details disclosed, they are preferablyfollowed, but Within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerouschanges may be made, such as varying the Jforms and number of the chancedevices, that is the spinners and their `eo-acting dials, in the presentdisclosure.

I claim:

l. A game for simulating bowling comprising a chance device Jriorindicating the supposed number ot pins knocked down by the firstmythical ball rolled, and a second chance device entirely independent ofand operable after said first device for determining the success of thesecond imaginary ball rolled, said first named chance device beingadapted to retain its indicating position while operating the secondchance device, whereby the results indicated by the tivo devices may beliointly read.

2. A game for simulating bowling coinprising a chance device ttorindicating the supposed number ot' pins knocked down by the firstmythical ball rolled, a second chance device entirely independent of andoperable after said first device "for determining the success of thesecond imaginary ball rolled, and a third chance device entirelyindependent of the others for determining supposed facts not readilydeterminable by said second chance device, each chance device beingadapted to retain its indicating position While the next chance deviceis being operated, whereby the results indicated by all ot the devicesoperated may be jointly read.

3. A game for simulating bowling comprising a dial having designationsindicating` different numbers of pins which may be knocked down inactual bowling, a spinner co-operable with said dial to determine thesupposed number of pins knocked dovvn by the imaginary first ballrolled; a second spinner operable after the first spinner only it' saidfirst spinner indicates less than teti pins knocked down, and a seconddial cooperable with the second spinner and having designations todecide Whether the imaginary second ball knocks doivn the mythicalremaining pins.

4. A gaine `for simulating bowling comprisinga dial having designationsindicat ing diiferent numbers of pins which may be knocked down inactual bowling, and at least one distinct designation representingWidely spaced pins remaining after rolling the first ball in actualbowling, a spinner co-operable with said dial to determine the supposednumber ot pins knocked down by the imaginary first ball rolled; a secondspinner operable after the first spinner only it said first spinnerindicates less than ten pins knocked down, and docs not stop at saiddistinct designation, a second dial cooperable with said second spinnerto decide whether the imaginary second ball knocks down the mythicalremaining pins; a third spinner operable a'tter the first spinner onlyit said first spinner stops at said distinct designation, and a thirddial co-opeable with said third spinner to determine the success otV animaginary second ball.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

GUSTAV STREHLOW.

